What kind of home is 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT?

3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT?

3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT last sold for £315,000 in December 2013, around 12 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £149,950 in February 1999. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT appreciated in value?

Across 3 sales between February 1999 and December 2013, 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT rose from £149,950 to £315,000, a change of £165,050. That works out to roughly +5.1% per year compounded over 15 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT?

The current EPC rating for 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT is E with a score of 42 out of 100, lodged in March 2011. The assessor estimates the property could reach a D. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT?

3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (883 sq ft), around 27 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 28% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CM22 7LT. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT use?

The latest EPC at 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT?

3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT is in council tax band E.

Which area is 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT in?

3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT sits in Bishop's Stortford. It falls within the CM22 postcode district in Essex.

What is crime like near 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT?

Police records around 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 64% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What transport links are near 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT?

The closest bus stop to 3 Red Cottages, The Street, CM22 7LT is The Cock, 22m away. The nearest rail option is Sawbridgeworth Rail Station, 2.1km away.

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3 Red Cottages, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LT

Extendable3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

82 m²

883 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 42

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Private Rental

Overview

About 3 Red Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

3 Red Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7LT). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 82 m² it's 28.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (114 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 is 49.5% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 35.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in December 2013.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3

Outside

Private gardenSouth-facing

Building

Period featuresYes
RefurbishedYes
Extension potentialPossible

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

3 Red Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Mar 2021

EPC Rating

E42

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

6.2 t/year

Occupancy

Rented

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 3 Red Cottages, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

3 Red Cottages has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

3applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.

Current estimate

£471,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 15 years.

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Last sold (2013)

£315,000

Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 15 years.

Sales timeline

19 December 2013Most recent
£315,000
+6.8%
22 September 2013
£295,000
+96.7%over 14 years
12 February 1999
£149,950

Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 7LT: £500,000 (2020–2014).

Nearby sales in CM22 7LT

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On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for 3 Red Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,841

Street avg £3,764

Above

Floor Area

82 m²

Street avg 128 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

6.2 t/year

Street avg 6.3 t/year

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bishop's Stortford district page.

Full Bishop's Stortford report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.0 km

The Cock — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 4 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CM22 7LT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CM22 7LT

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.0dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

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80 dB

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